"To this Government, the circumstances, both military and diplomatic which have attended the setting up of the riely regime at Nanking do not seem consistent with such am intention. The attitude of the United States towards the use of armed force as an instrument of national policy is well known. Its attitude and position with regard to various aspects of the situation in the Far East have been made clear on numerous occasions.
"That attitude and position remain unchanged, This Government again makes full reservation of this country's rights. under international law and existing treaties and aggreements.
"Twelve years ago the Government of the United States recognized, as did other Governments, the national Government of the Republic of China. The Government of the United States has ample reason for believing that that Government, with its capital at Chungking, has had, and still has, the allegiance and support of the great majority of the Chinese people. The Government of the United States, of course, continues to recognize that Government as the Government of China."
The statements of Mr. Cordell Hull and the Japanese Government at Tokyo regarding the establishment of the new Nanking Government in China were regarded by informed sources here yesterday as revealing the breach which has widened between the United States and Japan since the abrogation of the Japanese-American trade treaty by the United States last January.
Meanwhile, Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, "I heartily approve of Mr. Hull's statement" It was understood here that the majority of the Latin American nations would follow the United States and would not recognize the newly-established government of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Nan-King Kuomintang—United Press.
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